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Despite speculation, scientists see no Fukushima radiation risk in albacore

Japan’s nuclear disaster released hundreds of millions of gallons of radioactive water in 2011, sparking rampant speculation that a contaminated plume would reach the waters of North America’s West Coast.

Bottom Trawl Survey Vessels

Solicitation Number: AB-133F-14-RP-0017 Agency: Department of Commerce Office: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Location: Western Region Acquisition Division The Northwest Fisheries Science Center is currently soliciting commercial fishing vessels 65′ to 109′ to participate in the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Survey. The dates of this charter are August 18, 2014 through approximately October […]